@ChristineJKoMD I loved this conversation. I am a dermatopathologist because of Dr Bhawan’s kindness. Everything he said is exactly how he practices and lives his life. I have to honor my mentor🙂
It’s been so long!
I don’t get these too often, had to post
-Dense foamy macrophages superficially
-Elongate granulomas following the neurovascular bundles
-Positive Fite stain
Leprosy! (borderline)
#dermpath#PathTwitter#pathologists#derm#dermatology
@rqbittenc@JMGardnerMD@PIorfino@Dermpathl Thanks for the tag. Agree with seeing the overall architecture/symmetry at low and history. I suspect this will be benign. She’s young and these lesions can be very lentiginous and often have papillary dermal fibrosis. IHC for junctional density/pagetoid cells? Is it out?
@ChrisJa46078987 @phmckee1948 @Dermpathl@DermpathUAMS@JMGardnerMD@ChristineJKoMD 🙏🏼. Despite age, concerned for malignancy.Cytology, necrosis, 2 month growth, mitoses. Thought proliferative nodule but atypia too much for me. Malignant blue/melanoma in congenital nevus (banal nevus nearby?)/malignant neurocristic hamartoma (didn’t get a good feel for junction)
I saw this and thought it deserved to be my first post of 2022! Scalp of a young child - Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Note the eosinophils and nuclear grooves. #pathology